Species Detail Grasses

Herbarium specimen - Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Pseudelymus saxicola - foxtail wheatgrass Synonyms: Agropyron saxicola, Elymus saxicola, Ã—Agrositanion saxicola, Elymus elymoides Ã— Pseudoroegneria spicata, Agropyron flexuosum (see USDA) Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae


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	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Native Season: Warm Habitat Description: Found in dry sandy washes and on open rocky slopes. Plant Communities:Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Disturbed Areas Elevation: 4000 - 5500 feet General Description Desc: Densely tufted perennial, a hybrid of Pseudoroegneria spicata and Elymus elymoides; mostly flat blades. Identification Notes: Perennial, forms dense tufts; blades flat or somewhat rolled inward; seedhead stems erect; glumes narrow, short awned, 2-nerved; lemmas have divergent awns up to 2 inches long. Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass Rhizomes: Y Stolons: N Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N Bushy (highly branched): N Height with Seedheads: 24 to 36 inches Seedhead Structure: Unbranched Seedhead Droops: N Flowering Period: Jun - Aug Flower Characteristics Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered Spikelets One-sided: N Awns: Greater than 1 inch Three Awns: N Awns Bent: N Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedhead is a spike, 2 to 4-3/4 inches tall. Spikelets have 4 to 6 florets and are layered, or overlapping, on the seedhead axis. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: Y Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Flat or involute Blade Notes: Leaf blades are 4 to 10 inches long, 3/4 to 2 inches wide and flat or rolled inward. Leaves may be smooth or slightly hairy. Sheath Hairy: Y Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar: N Ligules: Membranous Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area: N Forage Value: Good forage before the bristly spikes mature and after they have fallen off.


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